Advanced tokamak studies in ASDEX Upgrade

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Sips, Adrianus ^a   Hobirk, Jörg ^a   Peeters, Arthur Godfried ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advanced tokamak; Confinement; Magnetic shear

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; HEATING; PLASMAS; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

MAGNETIC SHEAR;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 0242485469     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/fst03-a402     Document Type: Article

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